Re:This may relate to the discussion...

I am not confused. And I have read the ethical guidelins for my profession. I have taught them to interns for years. I am clear in my mind as to what they say and do not say. They do not discuss what a therapist must "feel" in order to be ethical. They define what they must "do". In my opinion, your interpetation is way too broad. You could assert a positive responsibility toward anyone at anytime with that kind of interpretation. The effect of this is making therapists responsible for any situation they encounter everywhere, all the time. This is simply not the case.

Let's look at it from another angle: if she has any responsibility to the larger society, it was to the victim of this man's assault. What was she supposed to, ask him nicely to stop beating that woman up so they could discuss his terrible childhood? If anything, by acting to protect the victim, she honored that obligation. I'd like for you to go to the NASW and offer your interpretation of these events and their ethical standards and see how they respond. I'm pretty sure I can guess their response.

I still do not see how Monica, one of this man's victims in this scenario, now comes out as the perpetrator. If adequate resources are available at another agency, he should go there. She should not have to face this man at work. He has to go to another agency for his court-ordered counseling? Too bad. There's no hardship involved here for him, and even if there were, he was the cause of it. He created this situation, not Monica. In family therapy, we refer to this process as "punctuating the sequence". He is directly responsible for the situation he finds himself in. He is the cause. If he has to go elsewhere in town, so what? He is not "seeking help" anyway. He is court-ordered. He can be court-ordered somewhere else.

She did not give up her rights to personal safety because she's a therapist. And she's entitled to her feelings, regardless of what you (or I) think of them.

Monica, are you still out there?

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Re:This may relate to the discussion..., by D B Sabo, 03/13/04 Re:This may relate to the discussion..., by PsyDoc34, 03/14/04 Re:This may relate to the discussion..., by D B Sabo, 03/14/04 Untitled, by MOnica, 03/14/04 Re:, by DBS, 03/14/04 Re:, by Monica, 03/15/04 Also a Mis understanding of the Interactional View Theory, by D B Sabo, 03/13/04 Re:Also a Mis understanding of the Interactional View Theory, by MOnica, 03/14/04 Re:Also a Mis understanding of the Interactional View Theory, by DBS, 03/14/04 Yes, I"m still here, by MOnica, 03/14/04 Re:Yes, I, by DBS, 03/14/04 Re:Yes, I, by PsyDoc34, 03/14/04

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